If you recall my last skirt, the Snapping Turtle, well, it was hugging my then-minimal curves. My curves have gotten a bit bigger now that I’m in Singapore—you have been reading about all my food adventures, after all. Yes, in Singapore I need a swishy, hide-all-evils skirt.

Skirt #12 (they can’t come up with real names for the patterns in that magazine?)Knit.1 MagazineSize: Medium (36 1/2″ hip; I wanted it to sit on my hips so I went with that measurement)Yarn: Debbie Bliss Wool CottonSkeins: 10Needles: Addi Turbo US 5 (and 3)Started: Sunday, June 29Finished: Blocked and dry Sunday, July 13

I cast on all 455 stitches for this skirt the day before I left to come to Singapore, and worked on the bulk of it on my 30-hour trip (and during lots of in-flight movies). The Friday before, my friend Julia and I had been poking through a pile of old Vogue company knitting magazines I have. This skirt from knit.1 caught my eye. I trust Norah Gaughan, so another knitted skirt made me intrigued rather than nervous. Plus I could see that the stitches were going in different directions due to the bias; I figured that would combat any butt sag.

So I went stash-diving and found the burgundy Debbie Bliss Wool Cotton. I knit Pam out of it, in blue, years back, and I’d bought the yarn in bulk at Stitches back when Stitches was still in King of Prussia, PA.

The skirt is held up with a long twisted cord woven into a ribbed waistband. I have plenty of room to make this bigger or smaller. And the drape of the skirt allows for any amount of gathering—I think it would hang nicely no matter what!

The eyelet feature is dead-easy to remember (it’s only 2 rows of eyelet—though the pattern is written in such a way that you might think it was more complicated). The pattern itself is also so straightforward, it made for excellent plane knitting. I’ll admit to major impatience to have it DONE already. It felt like it was taking forever, and I was also afraid I was going to run out of yarn. I have more at home, so it was going to irritate me greatly if I’d not brought enough. But I had just enough, so this was blocked and dried last weekend! The skirt barely touches your skin, so the 50% wool wasn’t too hot in the Singapore humidity. I swear! I’ve also grown really used to the heat here, so maybe I’m delusional. But if you get too hot, you can swish around and create your own breeze!

75 Responses to swishy skirt for the singapore summer

DUDE!!! i am very impressed. you rock the knitted skirts. and photographically, the first and the last pictures have such a great sense of glee and movement. even without your smiling face!! :) kudos to you.

Ohhhh I hadn’t thought about the bias and multiple directions of the stitches – I bet that DOES help combat butt-sag! I think butt-sag is the main thing keeping me away from knit skirts. I have a very … powerful …. butt. (that’s probably a nice way of putting it.) Anyway, what a beautiful skirt, and it must have taken for-EVER to knit! I’m super impressed. :)

wow, that’s an awesome knitted skirt. i rarely see ones that i like, or can even imagine wearing, given my own curvaciousness, but this one? it looks perfect on you. love the yarn, too. it lent itself well to this project. well done!

Cute! I would have never thought a knit skirt would be swirly! In my mind they are either stiff or limp.
I think I am almost on the knit skirt train. I have my ticket in hand and am looking cautiously at the station.

Another amazing skirt, Erin! Every time I see you crank one of these out and your gorgeous modeled pics, I feel the call of the knitted skirt, forgetting momentarily my big calves and how horrible I look in knee length skirts.

Glad you’re still managing to knit in Singapore. From what my husband tells me (he lived there for two years when he was a high school student), I don’t think I could even look at yarn and needles if I were there!

the skirt is absolutely gorgeous!!! really beautiful knitting I might even be tempted to consider making a skirt (yikes) plus your previous posts on all the delicious food is making my mouth water love the spicy food!!!

A beautiful skirt and if there are any evils to hide, which I doubt, it’s certainly doing its job! ;)
I’m knitting a rectangular stole for afghansforAfghans right now using some of the Debbie Bliss wool/cotton that I had in my own stash. Not usually a cotton knitter, I like this stuff. Too bad it was discontinued. :/